NFL: CBS and NBC acquire the TV rights to Thursday night games from 2016-2018 (€41m per game)

The US national free-TV channels CBS and NBC have acquired the 2016-17 and 2017-18 broadcast rights for "Thursday Night Football", NFL regular season games played on Thursday evenings, on 01/02/2016. CBS and NBC acquired the rights to broadcast 10 Thursday night games (five each) for a…

Top 5: transfer spending during the 2016 winter transfer window, compared to 2015

China: streaming platform Le Sports becomes the exclusive broadcaster of Milan Channel until 2019

Le Sports, the sports branch of LeEco, the Chinese technology and digital content company, has become the exclusive distributor in China of Milan Channel, the TV channel of AC Milan (Serie A TIM), according to local media on 29/01/2016. The partnership between the Italian club and Le Sports will…

USA: Fox Sports acquires the Copa America Centenario broadcast rights (English language) for $15m

The US pay-TV group Fox Sports has acquired the broadcasting rights, in the United States, to the Copa America Centenario, on 28/01/2016. These rights only cover the English-language broadcast. The 32 matches in the competition, involving in particular the US national team, will be televised live…

China: David Yang (NBA) becomes CEO of Wanda Sports China and executive chairman of Infront China

The Chinese David Yang, senior vice president and CEO of NBA China, has become the executive chairman of Infront China, the Chinese subsidiary of the marketing and media rights agency Infront Sports & Media, on 28/01/2016. Yang succeeds Ma Guoli, who will officially step down from Infront China in…

China: Ma Guoli leaves the presidency of Infront China for the vice-presidency of Le Sports

The Chinese Ma Guoli will leave the presidency of Infront China at the end of March 2016, announced the marketing and media rights agency Infront Sports & Media, on 28/01/2016. He will take up the role of vice-president of Le Sports, the sports branch of LeEco, the Chinese Internet and mobile…

Euro 2016: the final will be broadcast on free-TV in France by M6 and not TF1, on Sunday 10/07/2016

The final of Euro 2016, to be played at the Stade de France (Saint-Denis, north of Paris, 80,000 seats), on Sunday 10/07/2016 at 21:00 CET, will be broadcast in France on the private free-TV channel M6, announced the Groupe M6 on 29/01/2016. TF1 has broadcast the final of every World Cup or a…

Fox Sports (pay-TV) marks the resumption of the Bundesliga by launching a penalty predictor game

The US pay-TV group Fox Sports has launched a penalty kick prediction game on Facebook and Twitter to mark the resumption of the Bundesliga season, using the hashtag #18TOWIN, announced the German league on 22/01/2016. The digital campaign, which lasts two weeks, features one player from each of…

Sky: James Murdoch is appointed chairman and will take office in April 2016

James Murdoch has been appointed as the chairman of the Sky plc board, announced the British pay-TV group on 29/01/2016. He will officially take office at the end of April 2016. James Murdoch, who is also CEO of 21^th Century Fox (which owns 39% of Sky), succeeds Nicholas Ferguson as chairman of…

China: Le Sports becomes the exclusive broadcaster of the Inter Channel until January 2018

Le Sports, the sports branch of LeEco, the Chinese Internet and mobile streaming platform, has become the exclusive broadcaster, in China, of the Inter Channel -- the TV channel of FC Internazionale Milano (Serie A TIM), on 28/01/2016. The partnership between the Italian club and Le Sports will…